diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
index 19556c62c7ea..d14ad523f96c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
@@ -898,8 +898,6 @@ static void rvt_init_qp(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi, struct rvt_qp *qp,
 	qp->s_tail_ack_queue = 0;
 	qp->s_acked_ack_queue = 0;
 	qp->s_num_rd_atomic = 0;
-	if (qp->r_rq.kwq)
-		qp->r_rq.kwq->count = qp->r_rq.size;
 	qp->r_sge.num_sge = 0;
 	atomic_set(&qp->s_reserved_used, 0);
 }
@@ -2352,31 +2350,6 @@ bad_lkey:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * get_count - count numbers of request work queue entries
- * in circular buffer
- * @rq: data structure for request queue entry
- * @tail: tail indices of the circular buffer
- * @head: head indices of the circular buffer
- *
- * Return - total number of entries in the circular buffer
- */
-static u32 get_count(struct rvt_rq *rq, u32 tail, u32 head)
-{
-	u32 count;
-
-	count = head;
-
-	if (count >= rq->size)
-		count = 0;
-	if (count < tail)
-		count += rq->size - tail;
-	else
-		count -= tail;
-
-	return count;
-}
-
 /**
  * get_rvt_head - get head indices of the circular buffer
  * @rq: data structure for request queue entry
@@ -2451,7 +2424,7 @@ int rvt_get_rwqe(struct rvt_qp *qp, bool wr_id_only)
 
 	if (kwq->count < RVT_RWQ_COUNT_THRESHOLD) {
 		head = get_rvt_head(rq, ip);
-		kwq->count = get_count(rq, tail, head);
+		kwq->count = rvt_get_rq_count(rq, head, tail);
 	}
 	if (unlikely(kwq->count == 0)) {
 		ret = 0;
@@ -2486,7 +2459,9 @@ int rvt_get_rwqe(struct rvt_qp *qp, bool wr_id_only)
 		 * the number of remaining WQEs.
 		 */
 		if (kwq->count < srq->limit) {
-			kwq->count = get_count(rq, tail, get_rvt_head(rq, ip));
+			kwq->count =
+				rvt_get_rq_count(rq,
+						 get_rvt_head(rq, ip), tail);
 			if (kwq->count < srq->limit) {
 				struct ib_event ev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/rc.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/rc.c
index 890d7b760d2e..27415185d862 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/rc.c
@@ -127,9 +127,7 @@ __be32 rvt_compute_aeth(struct rvt_qp *qp)
 			 * not atomic, which is OK, since the fuzziness is
 			 * resolved as further ACKs go out.
 			 */
-			credits = head - tail;
-			if ((int)credits < 0)
-				credits += qp->r_rq.size;
+			credits = rvt_get_rq_count(&qp->r_rq, head, tail);
 		}
 		/*
 		 * Binary search the credit table to find the code to
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h b/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h
index b550ae89bf85..6dd3b5284fd1 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h
@@ -278,6 +278,25 @@ struct rvt_rq {
 	spinlock_t lock ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 };
 
+/**
+ * rvt_get_rq_count - count numbers of request work queue entries
+ * in circular buffer
+ * @rq: data structure for request queue entry
+ * @head: head indices of the circular buffer
+ * @tail: tail indices of the circular buffer
+ *
+ * Return - total number of entries in the Receive Queue
+ */
+
+static inline u32 rvt_get_rq_count(struct rvt_rq *rq, u32 head, u32 tail)
+{
+	u32 count = head - tail;
+
+	if ((s32)count < 0)
+		count += rq->size;
+	return count;
+}
+
 /*
  * This structure holds the information that the send tasklet needs
  * to send a RDMA read response or atomic operation.